Given the data, our charge should be obvious: to increase the number of non-Orthodox children enrolled in Jewish day schools.
Hagoel, speaking in Hebrew, listed the following issues: the lack of fluency in Hebrew, disunity among the Jewish people, assimilation, antisemitism, and the importance of aliyah.
Rothman called on members of the Jewish community in New York to reject those who seek to divide the Jewish nation.
The MKs invited the public to join them in person on the streets of New York or to join by streaming the parade online.